Doughnut frier and drainer.



PATENTED MAY 10, 1904,

J. KORBEL. DOUGI-INUT FRIER AND DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented May 10, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOUGHNUT FRIER AND DRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,618, dated May 10,1904:.

Application filed September 1, 1903. Serial No. 171,470. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN KonnEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in DoughnutFriersand Drainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements on the doughnut or fried-caketurner disclosed and claimed in my Patent No. 616,420, dated December20, 1898.

The main object of the present invention is to provide means fordraining back into the cooking-kettle the oil or grease that runs offfrom the cake-holder when it isremoved from the kettle.

Another object of my invention is to provide for detachability of thedrainage means from the kettle.

Further objects of my invention will appear in and from the followingdescription and claims.

' The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure I is a perspective View of the combined cooking and drainingdevice, partly broken away to more clearly disclose the interiorconstruction. Fig. 11 is a vertical section of part of the device on theline 11 11 in Fig. 111. Fig. III is a horizontal section on the line 11111.1 in Fig. 11. Fig. 1V is a perspective of adjacent portions of thetray and cooking vessel. Fig. V is a broken sectional elevation of thecake-holder and its supporting-frame.

The cake-holder and its supporting-frame 2 are or may be substantiallythe same as in my previous patent above referred to. The cakeholder 1comprises two foraminous members 3, hinged together at 4 and adapted tohold the doughnuts or other cakes between them, pivots 5 5 beingprovided at opposite ends of the cake-holder to provide for support androtation in the frame 2. Pivot 5 is divided, one-half being attached toeach member 3, and a pivot-seat 6 is formed in one of the vertical bars22 of frame 2, the pivot 5 seating therein and the upper part of suchpivot being movable upward in a slot 7, extending upwardly from saidpivot-seat. A catch 8 is provided on the top bar of frame 2 and isadapted to engage the half of split pivot 5 that may be raised, as shownin Fig. l.

9 designates means on the cake-holder adapted to be engaged by asuitable handle or hook to turn the cake-holder.

The cooking vessel or kettle 10 is desirably rectangular in shape, sothat the rotatable cake-holder works closely therein, and is provided ineach end with away or grooved guide 11 to receive and guide the verticalbars 22 of frame 2, the said frame being insertible in and removablefrom the said ways to enable the cake-holder to be put into or taken outof the cooking vessel. The ends of the cooking vessel are desirablyformed flat or in an even plane, as shown, and the ways or grooves 11are formed as recesses in such liat' planes. The cooking vessel, whichis desirably formed of sheet metal, is bent outward at each end to formthe outside wall of the vessel, the bent outside wall portion 12extending externally to the way 11 and forming a backing therefor, whilebridge-pieces 13, extending from the edges of the way 1.1 to the innerwall of the end of the vessel on each side of the outward bend thereof,serve both to brace or support such. way and to continue the flat oreven surfaces of the inner walls of the vessel. Openings 1 1 areprovided at the bottom of bridge-plates 13 at one end of the vessel,establishing communication between the space back of said. bridge-platesand the main body of the cooking vessel. Said openings are shown asformed by leaving a space between the bottom of the plates 13 and bottomof vessel 10. A head 15, extending around the top of the cooking vessel,is bent out at the ends to correspond with the enlargement or swell ofsuch ends, and the tops of bridge-plates 13 are correspondingly bentout, forming ledges 16, and holes or perforations 17 are provided insuch wide portion of the bead at one end of the vessel communicatingwith the space 23 between the bridge-plates 13 and the outer wall of theends of the vessel.

The tray or pan 18 is adapted to rest by one edge on the extended beador ledge 16 and has two downwardly-extending nipples or pipes 19,adapted to enter the holes 17 aforesaid and attach the inner end of thetray to the kettle. Tray 18 is provided with brackets or braces 20attached thereto and extending outward to engage with the end of thecooking vessel 10 to properly support the tray. The tray is thussupported in slightlyinclined position, so that any fluid thereon Willfiow toward its inner end and down through the nipples 18 and passage 23between the outer and inner walls 12 18, and so down into the bottom ofthe cooking vessel. A flange 21 around the edge of tray 17 serves toprevent any fluid from running over the edge of the tray. The edge ofthe tray is inset at 24 for the passage of frame-bar 22.

Two of the cake-holders and supportingframes therefor will desirably beprovided for each cooking vessel, so that while one is in use forcooking doughnuts or other articles the other can be set to one side foremptying and refilling.

In using the device the cake-holder is opened by lifting up the uppermember and catching it to the top frame and the lower member then filledwith the doughnuts. The frame with the holder is then inserted into thecooking vessel to bring the doughnuts below the surface of the oil andthe upper member is then shut down to hold the doughnuts in place. Whenthe doughnuts have been cooked on one side, the frame is lifted by ahandle 25 sufficiently to permit the doughnut-holder 1 to be inverted,as described in my previous patent, and is again lowered in position topermit the other side of the doughnuts to be browned. Then the framewith the doughnut-holderis removed bodily from the cooking vessel and isplaced on the drainage-tray 18, the surplus oil or grease then runningfrom the doughnuts, the holder, and the frame onto the tray and downthrough the ducts or nipples 19 into the passage 23, and so back to themain body of oil in the cooking vessel. Any waste of oil or grease isthus avoided and the inconvenience of having to turn back the oil orgrease fromtime to time to the cooking vessel is also done away with.When the doughnut-holder is thus placed upon the tray, it is preferablyin open position, and the doughnuts are removed therefrom and a newsupply inserted, the holder and its supporting-frame being then replacedwithin the cooking vessel. In using two frames and holders a second onewill be filled while the first one is in the cooking vessel and will beplaced in said vessel as soon as the first is removed therefrom. Owingto the fact that the tray 18 is supported wholly on the tank or vessel10, the device may be turned or moved to different positions with lesseffort than would be the case were the tray provided with independentsupports.

When the device is to be put away for a time, the tray may be detachedby simply lifting it up and may then be placed on top of the cookingvessel to serve as a cover therefor.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

1. A device of the character described, comprising a cooking vessel anda cake-holder, means for removably supporting the cakeholder in thevessel, a drainage-tray attached to and communicatingwith said vesseland adapted to support the cake-holder and supporting means, whenremoved from the cooking vessel.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a cooking vessel, acake-holder having means for removably supporting it in the vessel, anda tray removably attached to and communicating with said vessel andadapted to support the cake-holder when removed from the cooking vessel.

3. A cooking vessel for the purpose described, having a passage formedin one end and a ledge above said passage, and a tray resting at one endon said ledge and communicating with said passage.

4:. A cooking vessel for the purpose described, having an outwardly-bentwall, a groove-formed way attached to said end wall, and bridge-piecesbetween the edges of the way and the end Wall and extending in a planewith the body of the end Wall, in combination with a cake-holderrotatabl y supported in said vessel and aframe adapted to slide in saidway and provided with pivotal supports for said cake-holder.

5. A cooking vessel for the purpose described, having a flat inner endwall portion and a bent outer wall portion, a grooved guide-pieceextending between such wall portions and open in front and a ledgeformed at the top of, and connecting such wall portions.

6. A cooking vessel for the purpose described, provided with a passageat its end and a ledge at the top of said passage, and a drainage-trayresting on said ledge and having a nipple communicating with saidpassage.

7. A cooking vessel and adrainage-tray attached thereto at one end, saidtray being provided with braces extending obliquely downward to engagethe wall of the vessel and with downwardly-extending hollow retainingmembers adapted to engage with the top of the vessel to hold the tray inplace and also to permit the escape of liquid from the tray into thevessel.

8. A cooking vessel for the purpose described, provided with outer andinner walls at the end, with an intervening passage communicating withthe body of the vessel, a ledge at the top of said passage havingopenings into said passage and connecting the outer and inner walls, incombination with a tray, adapted to rest on said ledge and havingnipples entering said openings and establishing communication from thetop of said tray into communication from the top of said tray into saidpassage. said passage, and braces extending from said 9.. A cookingvessel for the purpose detray to contact with the cooking vessel.scribed, provided With outer and inner Walls In Witness whereof I havehereunto set my 5 5 at its end, with an intervening passage comhand, inthe presence oftwo Witnesses, this 22d munieating With the body of thevessel, a day of August, 190".

l o" k 0 0' l w led e at the top 01: said passa e havin open J OHNKORBEL. ings into said passage and connecting the outer and inner Walls,in combination with a tray, Witnesses: 7 10 adapted to rest on saidledge and havmg'nip- A. P. KNIGHT,

ples entering said openings and establishing JULIA TOWNSEND.

